Basic Debug Commands (Spin)

codyspraker

Hey guys, I don't want to waste anyone's time with such a basic topic but I have given a bit of time trying to find a basic way to cleanup the debug (FullDuplexSerialPlus) for my Propeller Spin Program. I am displaying data from multiple sensors onboard and they are not very clean without the basic ability to format like adding a new line. Am I just missing some of the basics or are these commands not present in the debug program? Thanks for the help guys

msrobots

Hi codyspraker,
I guess you miss something there.

for a new line you simply transmit a CarriageReturn aka ascii 13

fds.tx(13) for example

there are also methods to call for outputting strings, hex and decimal numbers as Text to your serial Terminal

fds.dec(128) will output a to text converted number "128"

fds.hex(128) gives you "7F"

just look at the source of FullDuplexSerial.spin

In PropellerTool Software on the left side you find a dropdown. Select "Propeller Library". Then you see all the spin library files in the tree-view left side. Look for FullDuplexSerial.spin. Look at the source and you will find several PUB methods. There you find all what you need to format your output nicely...

Enjoy!

Mike

Duane Degn

Parallax Serial Terminal.spin has formatting methods that let you place text at X and Y coordinates in the terminal window.

If you want to look at an example of how to use the formatting methods, I believe my QuickStart servo tester code uses them.

Ron Czapala

If you click the "Prefs..." button in Parallax Serial Terminal and then click the "Function" tab in the Preferences dialog box, you can view/select the ASCII control characters it recognizes.

codyspraker

Thanks! This was a perfect answer for what I was looking for, I was not able to clearly understand the PUB declarations in the debug file but you cleared things up.

JonnyMac

When I'm developing new projects I often start a "background" cog to send desired values to PST while the program is running. This only works with globals, but also means that sending values doesn't interfere with the process being tested, and is very easily removed.